COMPARISON OF CONCENTRATES FOR FATTENING STEERS. | 
$1 greater, which reduced the profit per steer. The financial out- 
come of the feeding test was satisfactory, as the farm-grown feeds 
were marketed by means of the steers at a good price, a large amount 
of manure was produced for the farm, and in addition an average 
cash profit of more than $5 per steer was realized. 
SLAUGHTER DATA. 
The following table shows the shipping and slaughter data for 
each of the three lots: 
TaBLe 4.—Slaughter data. 
Per cent dressed. 
Average |A verage |Average 
Lot Ration farm | market | shrink- average. 
No. = weight | weight | agein Ue aes Biya BY 
per steer.|per steer.| transit. i =a hts, | market 
sats. weights. 
Pounds.| Pounds.| Pounds.| Pounds.|Per cent.|Per cent. 
1 | Cottonseed meal, silage, and cowpea hay..} 1,092 1,024 68 608 55.6 59. 37 
2 | Cold-pressed cake, silage,and cowpea hay.| 1,092 1,020 72 603 55. 22 59. 12 
3 | 2 cottonseed meal, 4 corn-and-cob meal, 
silage, and cowpea hay...-.-......----. 1,101 1,029 72 600 54. 40 58. 79 
The shrinkage of the steers of all lots was very uniform and was 
considered about normal for that distance and time in transit. The 
dressing percentages were exceedingly satisfactory and show clearly 
that the steers of all lots were well finished. The carcasses were very 
desirable, showing a good covering of fat and a nice marbling of the 
meat. 
SUMMARY OF THE EXPERIMENT. 
1. The object of this experiment was to make a comparison of the 
feeding value of cottonseed meal, cold-pressed cottonseed cake, and 
a combination of cottonseed meal and corn-and-cob meal for fatten- 
ing steers. As this was a study of the feeding value of various con- 
centrates, the same kinds of roughage were fed to all three lots. 
2. The 75 steers used were grade steers of medium-to-good quality, 
raised in Mississippi, 2 to 3 years of age, and averaging 860 pounds at 
the beginning of the experiment. 
3. Each lot contained 25 head of steers evenly divided. When on 
full feed each steer was eating the following ration: 
Lot 1. Cottonseed meal..........- ah raat eene (aye see SL SiN 7.4 pounds. 
WOR CULARS siete: o(a's'=. oa laie os 2\~ -, 2 SERRE 1a. see & Sraityaseivara at 41.8 pounds. 
Lot 2. Cold-pressed cottonseed cake.............-..-...----- 11.0 pounds. 
WOVIISUALC oleate le sa lee oie sieves CMe eel erere eae linn Si 31.5 pounds. 
Past ove OOttOBseCed Deals. a8 Rie Sse ee sicioioe siete Sites = 6.0 pounds. 
COMN-ANG-COW Meal =... 5 2% 2 uel ee = hone tes cere ieienioe 3.0 pounds. 
OTIC or ois es ‘ois ornate tides, HEMMER = Mara sia’ atte 37.0 pounds. 
